William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for November 1808

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November

Nov. 1. Tu.M Lamb & T T call: call on Macmillan.

2. W.Write to Burr. Call on Smirke & W Webb n: Dadley & miss Smith call.

3. Th. Write to Booth & Brown. Hopwood calls: tea Perry’s; adv. Finnerty. Write to Mulready. Lindsey dies.

4. F. Dawes & Hazlit sup; adv. Hopwood.

5. Sa.Call on Gatty (sworn), Whitford & Lamb: Hopwood calls.

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Oct. 6. N Su.T T calls: Burr at tea.

7. M. Twiss, Tobin, Wright cpp, Mylius & Jo G call, & M Lamb.

8. Tu.Write to W G, Limehouse. Burr calls: T T sups.

9. W.Write to W G, Limehouse. Call on Dawe: meet Coffee: Coffee calls.

10. Th.Write to W G, Limehouse. Coffee, Hooley, Brownjohn, Greated & T T call: call on Fuseli & Macmillan: theatre, w. M J & T T; adv. Doghertye: T T sups. Write to E Fenwick.

11. F. White calls. Mrs Leicester publishede

12. Sa.Call on Burr n: sup at Hollis’s.

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Nov. 13. Su. Jo & W G, Limehouse call: Jane Ct at home: E Colnet dines.

14. M.Esop. fixede. Lambs call: call on R Taylor: sup at Lamb’s, w. M J. N G calls.

15. Tu.Write to W G, Limehouse. Call on C H Turner, London Hospital: meet Plunket: T T sups.

16. W.Romance of Forest, p. 112. Call on Hazlit & Branston. Whitaker dies this week.

17. Th.Write to Rickman & P H G. Mrs Bailey, Jo G n& Walter (Herd) call: call on Johnson: theatre, St Quintine: T T sups. Romance, p. 172.

18. F. Romance, p. 276; Vol. II, p. 106. Dine at Johnson’s, w. Bonnycastle, Hewlet, Hollis & Knowles. Dawe calls.

19. Sa. Semple Lisle,Perryn & Dawe call: theatre, 1/3 St Quintine. Romance, p. 286. Wilson calls.

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Nov. 20. Su. Romance, Vol. III, p. 46, & 188-276. Somerset House, w. M J, M L, T T, E C & 5e: T T dines.

21. M.Romance, fin: Udolpho, p. 136. Call on Branston.

22. Tu. Call on Johnson, one hour: meet Hollis: T T & N G calls: theatres, 1/2 Exile (1/3 Duenna; adv. Jerningham), & Cervantes, w. M J, miss Hooley, & 4e. Udolpho, p. 220.

23. W. Write to W G, Limehouse: Letter to W Smith. Udolpho, p. 428. Jo G, Hollis & M Lamb call.

24. Th.Udolpho, Vol. II, p. 192. Jo G & Branston call.

25. F.Udolpho, p. 362. Call on Phillips: Branston calls: //Lambs sup: T T calls n.

26. Sa. Udolpho, p. 478; Vol. III, p. 162. Theatre, 1/4 Cabinete.

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Nov. 27. Su.On Monuments, p. 3. Udolpho, p. 358.

28. M. Write to Hatchet Lane. Udolpho, p. 463; Vol. IV, p. 120. Call on Branston, w. T T: Corbould calls; adv. T T: T T sups. Clennel calls.

29. Tu. On Monuments, p. 7. Udolpho, p. 222. Macmillan calls: mrs Livie at tea. N G calls. Mulready calls.

30. W.Monuments, p. 11. Udolpho, p. 343. T T calls.

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